Folding bed.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

J. M. WILPLEY. FOLDING BED. APPLICATION FILED FBB.7,1907.

2 SHEETSHEET 1.

PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

J. M. WILPLEY.

FOLDING BED. APPLIOATION FILED FBB.7,1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

E i wanton Q Vihwaoes JOHN M. WILFLEY, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

FOLDING BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907i Application filed February 7.1907. Serial No. 366,244.

T at whom it rnayconcern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. ILFLEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Salt This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in folding beds of that type wherein the bed is designed to fold into and-out of an appropriate space or recess, as a closet-' constructed in an apartment or in the-"walls or partitions thereof The essential object of said invention is to furnish an improved bed. of the type described which is particularly adapted for apartment houses wherein economy of space is important.

, My invention consists of the parts and the constructions and. combinations of parts which I will hereinafter describe and claim. In the accom anying drawings forming art of this speci 'cation and in which similar etters of reference indicate like parts in the several viewe -Figure 1, represents a side elevation of my improve-d bed showing the bed in its lowered and extended position ready for use, a portion of the apartment being in section to show the space or recess into which the bed is foldable. Fig. 2, is a similar rview, but showing the bed folded into its s ace'or recess, the dotted position showing tile bed partially open. I? ig. 3, represents a front elevation showing the ap iearance of the apartment when the bed is fo ded and the concealing doors are closed thereover. Fig. 4, is a plan view of the bed in its lowered position. Fig. 5, is a sectional detail showing the roller mechanism u on which the bed frame is longitudinally s idable. Fig. 6, is a detail of one of the supporting journals an its .bearing.

In carryingout my invention I provide a space or recess of some character into which my bed may be folded and hidden from view during the da time and whenever the bed is' not required or use, and out of which recess the bed may be moved and lowered into its prop}; position.

I 'la the specific character of the recess-1's more or less unimportant as far as the operations of my bed are concerned, I prefer, be-

cause of the advantages of my bed for the modern apartment houses, to have the bed fold into and out of a space or recess R per manently built into the apartment or into or between the partitions thereof, which s ace or recess may well represent the usua closet with which apartmentsare supplied. Such a closet or space will have an entrance with a suitable frame or casing a, and doors I) which may be paneled or of any suitable or ornamental c aracter, swinging or otherwise, are designed to close said entrance and shut out all views of the bed and furnish an attractive furnishing for the apartment, especially if the doors are of attractive design and if they and their casing are associated with a mantel, or made in the form of a dresser or other well known article of furniture. In the drawings, the doors are of the paneled type and are hingedto the door frame or casing and are adapted to swing horizontally, to allow the bed to be lowered out of the space behind said doors, and to close in front of the bed and conceal the same from view, when the bed is unused and in its folded position.

In connection with such a space as described or its equivalent my improved bed is adapted to be used, and to this end I secure to the door frame or casing, upon opposite sides of the opening, suitable plates C having open bearings to receive trunnions D, fixed to the sides of a frame I in which the bedframe proper is slidably mounted, and supported. This frame I has a length which is preferably slightly less than the length of the ed frame but any length sufficient to enable said frame to properly carry and su port the bed frame in its several positions W1 1 answer for the urpose.

The 'ame I consists of the parallel side rails I' which are connected together at the inner or back ends by a transverse cast-iron or other weighted bar I which forms a counter-balance for the frame and its superimposed bed-frame, said counterbalance serving, also, asan end stop against which the head end of the bed-frame is supported when the bed is folded into the aforesaid recess.

, The front or outer ends of the side rails of the frameI are connected by a cross rail or I bar-I a hinged ,or other folding leg F being connected to said front end of the frame and adapted to support the same when the bed is in the lowered posltlon shown m Fig. 1. If desired, a second cross rail I at an mtermedia'ze part of the frame I, may be used for adthe bottom of said recess is depressed below the level of the floor of the a artment to re ceive the rear extension w en the bed is folded in Fig. 2, the vertical wall of this depressed portion being provided with a block or stop E against which the iron crossbar or counter-balance I will cushion in closing the bed. i

Within the guide formed by the side rails of the miter frame I, the bed frame G is mounteri,: said bed frame comprising side rails g, g, a foot board h, and a head. board it, and having in practice, the usual means for supporting the mattress. 'Ihis bed-frame is designed to here a free sliding movement upon rollers 65 appropriately secured upon the frame I, in such position that the under sides of the side rails of the bed frame may freely travel thereo' 'er whenever the said bed frame is moved-in the direction of its length.

To the crossbare of the outer frame I are also secured suitable brackets e which extend verticallv and have their 11 er ends turned also secured to'it the board H which may be paneled or of such design that it forms an appropriate front forthe base portion over the top ed e of which the aforesaid doors close when the bed is folded into its recess or space.

When the bed is not in use and is folded into its recess, it assumes the position shown by full lines in with the headboard portion of the bed-franieisupported directly on the iron-cross bar of the supporting frame. In said figure, the doors are closed and the board H forms a finished base below said doors. I

To lower the bed for use, the doors are swung horizontally about their hinges, after which the bed may be loweredwith little effort owing to the counter alance at the head'end. In lowering, the trunnions turn freely in their bearings and the legs F swing down by gravity into their proper position to support/ the frame as shown in;Fig.j1. When the bed is first lowered as described, the bed-frame will occupy the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 from which position it may be moved into the fullline position of Fig. 2 by sliding it longitudinally over its roller support on the first named frame, the rails of the frame I forming guides for the bed frame during this movement.

In closing the bed, the bed-frame is firstv pushed in from the full-line position of Fig. l to the dotted position of'said figure, after which the whole structure is readily turned about the axis formed by the trunnions and caused to enter the recess R. In this closing movement the iron cross-bar of the outer frame I will strike the rubber block or cushdoors may now be closed in front of the bed thereby closing the entrance to the recess and, shutting'the bed from view.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with an inclosure and a door-controlled opening thereto, of a folding-bed comprising a frame pivotally-mounted within the'walls of said opening, said frame having a counter-weight at the .rear end anda support at the front end, a bed frame mountedwithin the pivoted-frame and adapted to have a longitudinally slidable movement relative thereto, and co-act ing stop-means on the two frames for limiting the sliding movement of the bedframe in both directions.

2. In an apartment having an opening through the wall, and doors controlling said opening, a folding bed comprising an inner and an outer frame said outer" frame supporting and forming a uide for. the inner frame, and being pivota y hung between its ends within the wall opening, and said inner frame being a bed structure and comprising side rails, and foot and head boards, and l)-- ing longitudinally slidable relative to the outer frame, rollers on the outer frame upon which the inner frame is mounted, and coacting stop-means on the two frames for limiting the sliding movement of theinner frame in both directions, said outer frame I having aweight to counterbalance the weight of said inner frame.

3. In a folding bed, the combination of a pivotally-mounted frame, a bed-frame slidably mounted for longitudinal movement therein, a plurality of rollers on the 'pivotd frame upon which the bed frame is mounted, brackets fixed to the pivoted frame and extending upwardly and having'their upper ends turned transversely, said bed-fi'ame having side rails and rails on the inner sides thereof and disposed beneath the trans versely turned upper end of said brackets.

4. On a foldmg bed a frame pivotally mounted between its ends and adapted to fold into and out of an opening through the wall of an apartment, said frame having a weight bar fixed to its rear end, a bed frame slidably' mounted within and relative to In testimony whereof I have herennto set the pivoted frame and supported endwise my hand in presence of two subscribing wltagainst said weight-bar when the two frames nesses.

are. vertically disposed, means for limiting the JOHN M. WVILFLEY. 5 outward horizontal movement of the bed- Witnesses:

frame, and a foldable leg-support at th J. FLETCHER, J12,

front end vof the pivoted frame. 'A. RICHTER. 

